Being fanservicey is part of the point. Felicia is good because she's such an obvious catgirl, unlike the others. She even has paws and all. That particular picture doesn't scale down well, though.
Can't say I dislike the current picture, actually. I can see the point about her not normally being a catgirl (and isn't Tsuruya the more obvious choice? ._.), but you could say that in a meta sort of way, that just goes to show how prevalent the trope is.
Man the page kinda needs a cleanup so many fall under Animal-Eared Headband instead of an actual cat girl.
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Works fine for me. Try hitting Enter a 2nd time.
That said, I still find nothing wrong with the current picture. So what if she isn't typically a catgirl 24/7 in the series? What's important is that for THAT EXACT MOMENT, she is a Catgirl, and is more than adequately displaying the key features that makes a catgirl- the ears and tail.
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I'd prefer something less obviously look-down-her-shirt fanservice.
I like the Lethe image. Clean lines, good quality, interesting design, obviously a cat. No one is going to click on the "Cat Girl" link and think she's anything but a cat. I don't know why the would anyway, given she has a cat tail and cat ears.
Visually, there's nothing wrong with the current picture, but I think it's rather stupid to have a picture of someone who isn't even a catgirl on the show. (Like we didn't have enough Suzumiya Haruhi pictures already.)
I like Lethe. She's clearly a cat: neither dogs nor foxes have that sort of tail.
More Felicias. I'm totally going with the fanservice angle, but she's still one of the best examples in the entire trope. Most of this is official character artwork btw, in case you think it's a little too NSFW, which it isn't.
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Heck, that first picture has it all. Ears, tail, cat eyes, Cute Little Fangs, and Cat Smile. There you go.
But why stop there? Here's Meracle from Star Ocean The Last Hope
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I'd even suggest Taokaka from Blaz Blue, but she doesn't provide the best images in showing off a Catgirl's primary features.
edited 26th Jan '11 8:19:58 AM by DRCEQ
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I think the image picture for Cat Girl should be that of an actual half-cat person, not a fanart of someone that isn't one at all. There's a bunch of fanart of various characters as catpeople, why Ryoko? Does not compute to me.